This blog summarises the basics about beauty/wellness calendars from letters C to F.
I have been reviewing advent calendar contents for a few years now and my main feedback point is that the SURPRISE element of a calendar is hugely important, and then the contents and price. No-one really wants to know the full-extent of the calendar contents (except me and 1 person in Florida. Haha)
What I tell you about advent calendars…
I take the 10,000 feet view and so just the basics…
- Retail price
- Available to buy now/ Join a waitlist
- No of products
- Super brief description of contents
cultbeauty advent calendar
- Not yet out. You can join the waitlist. Click on this link
- £235 for 2022 calendar (2021 price was £215 and 2020 price was £199)
- Global shipping available BUT note local customs and duties likely
- 36 products – mix of travel and full sized
- About 70% of the calendar value is Skincare for the face; followed by Make-up, Haircare, Bodycare and some Fragrance
- Click here for my review
diptyque advent calendar
- Not yet out. No waitlist available. Expect an update around 7th October (and you can click here to be updated)
- Expected price £300+ (based on previous year’s price)
- Global shipping was unavailable last year – but you can always buy from Selfridges or do Shop & Ship
- 2021 had 25 products, which were a mix of
- Scented candles (about 50% of the calendar)
- Fragrances
- Body products and some Christmas decorations
Elemis advent calendar
- Is a “Skin Wellness” calendar
- £180 for 25 products. Click here to purchase
- Global shipping unavailable, but Elemis has multi sales points and your best bet is to buy locally
- 26 products in current calendar
- All products are from Elemis lines and are mainly
- Pro-Collagen
- Superfood
- Dynamic Resurfacing
- Frangipani Monoi
- The calendar has no make-up or haircare
- Bottom line with this calendar: buy it if you like pro-collage line products, have used them in the past and so on. Otherwise should be a hard pass for you.
- Click here for my review
Fortnum & Mason 2022 Advent Calendar
- £245 (vs. £225 in 2021). Click here to purchase
- ONLY ships within United Kingdom including Northern Ireland but excluding Channel Islands.
- 28 products
- Calendar (in keeping with previous years) is a balanced calendar: the most expensive items are Skincare for the Face, but it has a healthy balance of Bodycare, Haircare, Fragrance and Home Fragrance.
- Click here to read my more detailed review
feelunique advent calendar
- Not yet out. You can join the waitlist. Click on this link
- Last year the retail price was £119. Can expect the price to be about £140 this year.
- Does ship globally BUT note that you are likely to incur local customs & duties. Its a heavy calendar so any savings you think you make are easily wiped out
- 27 products
- Expect about 50% of products to be skincare for the face, followed by make-up (about 20%) and the rest is a mix of bodycare, haircare etc
- Click here to read updates on this calendar